During the debate, the candidate's carefully edited sound bites dominated the news cycle.

Before proposing the new schedule to the entire team, Maria decided to sound out a few senior members to see how they might react.

At every stage of the project, the designer consulted several sounding boards to refine the concept.

I often used my sounding-board to test ideas before presenting them to the team.

We used several sounding-boards to refine our company's new marketing campaign.

The sounding balloon rose into the gray dawn, carrying instruments to measure temperature and humidity.

Visitors were surprised by the enormous concrete sound mirrors dotting the coastal cliffs.

The abandoned sound mirror on the coastal cliff once helped detect approaching aircraft by focusing faint engine noises.

She was sounding out the committee about the proposal before making her final recommendation.

Before finalizing the schedule, the manager sounded out the team to make sure the new hours would work for everyone.